Scouting Report: Chargers vs. Bengals

Summary of 60 articles · Updated Jan 7, 2014

Here is your scouting report for this week's game between the San Diego Chargers and Cincinnati Bengals. The first scouting video Bengals coach Marvin Lewis had players watch Wednesday at their team facility didn't show the Chargers on the field Sunday. H… (more)ere is your in-game report for today's game between the Chargers and Bengals. Sports columnist Kevin Acee and U-T Chargers beat writer Michael Gehlken recap the Chargers 27-10 Wild Card round win over the Bengals in Cincinnati.San Diego Chargers vs. A few thoughts on the San Diego Chargers 27-10 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC wild-card round. Three things to know about the San Diego Chargers ' matchup against the Denver Broncos in the AFC divisional round on Sunday at Sports Authority Field: These two teams have played twice in the past eight weeks, so they’ve pretty much have seen everything the other team has to offer. Or as former Broncos defensive end Alfred Williams put it so bluntly this past August, that the Broncos were the only team in the league “with 20 preseason games.’’ And it’s going to be an important line to walk for the Broncos in the coming days, especially in this time in the NFL when fortune has seemed to favor those who played during wild-card weekend and the pressure of waiting has taken down more than one No. 1 seed in recent seasons.

John Fox: Chargers showed running, defense win in the playoffs

Broncos coach John Fox was impressed with the way the Chargers handled the Bengals on Sunday in Cincinnati, and Fox thinks his own team is going to have its hands full when the Chargers come to town this weekend. Fox told reporters today that the Charge…

The Chargers' defense won this game

Bengals lines didn't get it done

This group, which prides itself on physicality in the trenches, was beaten handily there. The San Diego Chargers ripped off the Bengals' playbook from the first game out West and shoved it down their throat.

These Chargers not lucky, they're good

Second Half Surge Leads Chargers To 27-10 Wild Card Win Over Bengals

The Chargers are moving on in the AFC Playoff race, as they outscored the Bengals 20-0 in the second half and beat Cincinnati 27-10 at Paul Brown Stadium to move on for a matchup with the Broncos next Sunday. ”We asked a lot of our defense today and the…

Chargers top Bengals in AFC wild-card playoff

Chargers extend Bengals' playoff drought

San Diego took advantage of Andy Dalton's three turnovers in the second half on Sunday, pulling away to a 27-10 victory that extended the Cincinnati Bengals' streak of playoff misery to 23 years and counting.

Bengals fall to Chargers in another playoff loss

Bengals unravel again in postseason, Chargers advance

Maybe the Chargers weren’t supposed to be here. But unlike the Bengals, they played like they wanted to be. Playing conservatively but smartly and taking advantage of Cincinnati mistakes, the Chargers advanced with an 27-10 win over the Bengals. They’ll…

Rapid Reaction: Cincinnati Bengals

CINCINNATI -- A few thoughts on the Cincinnati Bengals' 27-10 loss to the San Diego Chargers: What it means: Sunday's loss means the Bengals are the exact same team they have been for more than 20 years: losers in the postseason. Yet again, with the reg…

Chargers out to early 7-0 lead on Bengals

The Chargers are getting a bit of a break on the weather, and they took advantage early with a long drive. Danny Woodhead capped an unremarkable but steady 12-play, 86-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown run, giving the Chargers a 7-0 lead over the Benga…

Keys to success for Bolts D vs. Bengals

W2W4: Five things for Chargers at Bengals

CINCINNATI – If anyone exemplifies the Cincinnati Bengals’ ability to create explosive plays, it is electric receiver A.J. Green. Green has been targeted a league-leading 178 times. He finished the regular season with 98 catches for 1,426 yards and 11 t…

Bengals confident they're ready to win in playoffs

W2W4: Chargers at Bengals

CINCINNATI -- Before the Cincinnati Bengals began practices this week, coach Marvin Lewis rattled off a list of themes they could expect reporters to write about and ask about this week. In no particular order, among them were statements about how: The …

Three keys for the Bengals' defense

Chargers proof a quick turnaround is possible

A year ago at this time, the Chargers had neither a coach or a general manager, and they had just finished a season in which they finished six games behind first-place Denver. Now, they are less than 48 hours away from a wild-card game at Cincinnati wit…

Seriously, the Chargers made the playoffs?

Chargers seek first playoff win since 2008

SAN DIEGO -- They are doing their best Rodney Dangerfield imitation. According to San Diego Chargers coach Mike McCoy, his team doesn't get any respect. "We have been the underdog all year long," McCoy said. "It doesn't matter to us. We a…

Bengals Fired Up At Chargers Post-Game Video

Marvin Lewis said his team received a bit of motivation from watching a locker room video led by San Diego coach Mike McCoy after the Chargers clinched a playoff spot with a Week 17 overtime win over Kansas City, Eric Williams of ESPN.com reports. “List…

Chargers video gets fed to Bengals

Chargers postgame video revs up Bengals

Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said his team received a bit of motivation from watching a Chargers' postgame locker room video led by San Diego coach Mike McCoy after his team clinched a spot in the postseason with an overtime win over Kansas City.

Chargers go back to work

Broncos have motivation for playoff game against Chargers

Nothing about this Broncos season has been under the radar. Peyton Manning twitches, and it's national news. That hasn't been the case for the San Diego Chargers, who sneaked into Denver in early December and left with a victory as a huge underdog.

Quick Take: Chargers at Broncos

CINCINNATI -- Three things to know about the San Diego Chargers' matchup against the Denver Broncos in the AFC divisional round on Sunday at Sports Authority Field: 1. No secrets: These two teams have played twice in the past eight weeks, so they’ve pre…

Broncos to face Chargers in NFL playoffs after San Diego upsets Bengals

Denver, bring out your bolo ties. Philip Rivers is coming to town.After defeating the Bengals 27-10 in Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon, the Chargers will continue their improbable playoff run in Denver on Jan. 12.

Rapid Reaction: San Diego Chargers

CINCINNATI -- A few thoughts on the San Diego Chargers’ 27-10 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC wild-card round. What it means: San Diego’s Cinderella season lives on. The Chargers kept Cincinnati’s 22-year playoff drought alive, and in the pro…

A year later playoff loss still trails Broncos

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Denver Broncos will now spend a football week in an odd little space between what they want to leave behind and what the city around them simply cannot, will not, let go. Even the calendar won’t cooperate with the team because wh…

Chargers continue to defy odds

San Diego Chargers have a chance to extend odd streak of recent Super Bowl winners

San Diego Chargers fans, get ready for that Super Bowl parade after the season. Yes, it sounds preposterous to talk about after the Chargers’ 27-10 AFC wild-card victory against Cincinnati on Sunday. It is not that ridiculous for those NFL observers who…

Chargers report card: Bengals tamed

Bengals take 10-7 halftime lead, with minimal chaos

Jeff Triplette and his crew were able to stay incognito for nearly a half. But you knew it couldn’t last. The Bengals benefitted from a long review of a completed pass just before halftime, getting a 46-yard field goal from Mike Nugent for a 10-7 halfti…